Looks like gitlab now requires account verification for new accounts in addition to email. Either phone number or credit card.
This applies both to accounts created with a working email or by logging in using your github account. You can’t even verify your email until you go through step 1.
I don’t know when this started, but at least for the last month or two judging from these posts in the forums.
- https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-create-an-account-without-telephone-number-if-an-non-activated-account-has-already-been-created-with-the-same-e-mail-address-that-demands-a-phone-number/93675/2
- https://forum.gitlab.com/t/phone-verification-sms-not-received-unable-to-login-and-register/92202
- https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-create-an-account-without-telephone-number-if-an-non-activated-account-has-already-been-created-with-the-same-e-mail-address-that-demands-a-phone-number/93675/2
Fun fact: I don’t even want to host on gitlab, I just wanted to report bugs in some projects. So I’m locked out.
I’d assume this will be a non issue once they implement ActivityPub. They can enable whatever account restrictions on their gitlab instance, but if I don’t want to provide this information to report a bug, then I can use another instance or self host my own, without the account restrictions.
You really think they will add a full ActivityPub implementation? I highly doubt it.
For discussions probably. Not for repos.
From the Summary in the link:
The end goal of this proposal is to build interoperability features into GitLab so that it’s possible on one instance of GitLab to open a merge request to a project hosted on an other instance, merging all willing instances in a global network
That’s great news!
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I was asking like less then a month ago what’s wrong with gitlab when Firefox switched to GitHub, now I know.
- firefox were using self-hosted mercurial + git with sync
- they just dropped mercurial, they’re still not on github
only misc. libraries and the android frontend are on github, and firefox/mozilla has never used gitlab
Glad I switched to Forgejo some time ago, never looked back : )
It looks like Gitea. Is it a fork?
Softfork. Basically the version that runs on Codeberg.org
And soon with ActivityPub integration? Pls?
Work in progress, but it’s taking longer than I expected.
The forgefed spec itself is a work-in-progress. Not yet ready for a proper implementation.
I really, really like Gitlab… but this is a MAJOR problem and spectacularly short-sighted.
Well they can just GitOut
Better to train Microsoft ai?
How about training HI on Codeberg? ;)
This really sucks for bug reporting. I don’t mind this at all for hosting as that cost notable resources (especially their free CI tier) and they can set their own terms, but I want people to be able to report bugs without any trouble. (Although if spam is an issue maybe projects could opt-in to requiring this verification to report bugs).
A work-around is maybe the service desk feature allowing reporting bugs via email but this has issues for proper collaboration:
- The reporter’s email is shared.
- The issue is private by default.
- Can’t collaborate on an existing issue.
Maybe I’ll just go back to mailing lists… Or GitHub has gotten better recently. But GitLab’s CI is so much better.
I want people to be able to report bugs without any trouble.
Thank you for being aware! I’ve experienced this on github.com. I’ve tried to submit issues several times to open source projects, complete with proposed code to solve a bug, but github shadowbans my account 6 hours after creating it (because I use a VPN? a third-party email provider? do not provide a phone number? who knows). I can see the issue and pull request when logged in, but they only see a 404 on their project page even if I give them a direct link. I ended up sending them a screenshot of the issue page just to convince them this was even possible. Sad to hear gitlab does it even worse now by making phone mandatory.
Kbin uses Gitlab so it’s too bad.
Not really. The official repository (with issue management) is located on Codeberg. GitHub serves as a mirror in case of any issues with the primary service.
Well what would you know about it, ernest.
Hopefully the move to https://codeberg.org
Time to delete my account, before it is considered “suspicious” and I can’t even log in without verification.
Why GitLab!?
Because it’s a decent competitor to the GitHub monopoly. It also has a few unique features when compared to it. Just guessing why OP uses it though (many people do)
Sorry, I meant “GitLab, why’d you do that!?”
(I’m a GitLab user myself)
Oh, well then you forgot your comma
Oh right
sorry but deleting the account is absolutely ridiculous.
mark it inactive but just deleting someone’s entire git history because they didn’t put in a phone number or credit card is so dumb.
i don’t even need a phone number or credit card for my github account.
I think this is for new accounts only, if you already have an account, your E-Mail will already be verified
Good thing it’s only deleting your account if it’s a new account that you didn’t finish the registration process for
Just tried this out using a typical temporary email address (temp-mail.org) and a VPN (AirVPN).
I was only asked to confirm my e-mail address within 3 days, never for a phone address or any banking details.Judging by the first post you’ve linked to, it’s only necessary for paid accounts or free trials.
The person in the second post is trying to register via GitHub / Google, well… sucks for them.I’ve tried a few times in the past 2 weeks. Using a good email account and also with github, no luck though. Maybe its doing some “smart” heuristics to trigger it.
I just retried now, using that temp mail (but no vpn) and got the exact same phone verification. Maybe my IP address is evil :D
fuck them
But what are they supposed to do - they dont have Microsoft resources and can’t exchange your data for ai training
Time to start using GitDirectory named V.01 shared over FTP.
It’s a joke, don’t use FTP, it’s not secure.
Why isn’t FTP secure
because it hasn’t got an S in it
It’s unencrypted, your ISP / Starbucks wifi can read all the files you send. Use SFTP instead.
or FTPS
What’s the difference?
Thanks for the links, interesting reads. From what I gather, SFTP is the more modern and less complicated way of doing it…
Yeah, I think you need to go out of your way to try to use ftps. When people say ftp they generally mean SFTP.
Not just read but modify even.
Is there any reference for this? I can’t find anything relevant. Just curious.
Of FTP not being secure? Check the links in the comments below
FTP it’s not encrypted
No. I mean gitdirectory over FTP.
There’s no GitDirectory, it’s the way we used to share files back then, a shared directory over FTP
I’m aware of FTP. It’s still around in certain circles. But for a moment I thought that there was some sort of integration between ftp and git. I guess not.
isn’t the official gitlab instance primarily a paid platform? cc verification makes sense then.
For alternatives, I recommend to use a community-ran Gitea instance. Project Segfault runs one.
Also check out Forgejo, it’s another git software. Disroot has an instance.
Codeberg also uses Forgejo
How many instances will one have to register on? This isn’t going to improve until forgefed is done.
explain further please?
You won’t be able to contribute to a project on any of those instances, unless you register on it. So if you are a prolific contributor, you might end up signing up on dozens of those instances.
Forgefed is a federation protocol for such instances. It’s based on ActivityPub - the same that powers Lemmy and Mastodon. You can have just one account on a single instance and still be able to contribute to projects on multiple others. It’s still in the works though. It’s expected that at least gitlab, gitea and forgejo will support it.
this is really cool, thanks for the info. federated or decentralized git is long overdue
